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UJA-Federation of New York Leads Charge for Creation of a Nonprofit Infrastructure Fund in Repsonse to State Budget Allocations

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04/22/2015

The fund would make one-time investments in human services provider agencies to support projects that would spur program innovation, facilitate partnerships and pay for success contracts.

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Sloan Foundation Partners With Cornell, Georgia Tech, Penn State to Boost STEM Mentoring Among Minorities

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08/05/2013

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s partnership with Cornell University, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Pennsylvania State University will fund University Centers of Exemplary Mentoring for minority graduate students in STEM (science,...

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State Recoups $30 Million for Workers Who Failed to Receive Proper Minimum Wage

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02/05/2015

The recovered funds were part of the Department of Labor’s Division of Labor Standards investigation.

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Workforce Development

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Supports Initiative to Eliminate Veteran Homelessness in the United States

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02/19/2015

... Initiative to Eliminate Veteran Homelessness in the United States Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation today announced a ... two years in 71 US communities, representing 30 different states and the District of...

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NYC Secures $80.2 Million from State Funding Competitions for 112 Projects Across City

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12/09/2016

The city was awarded $80.2 million for 112 projects across the five boroughs, by far the largest allocation it has received since Gov. Cuomo created the Regional Economic Development Council competitions for state dollars six years ago

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Community Development

Herbert Sturz of Open Society Foundations Named A City & State Lifetime Award Winner

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01/12/2017

City & State is proud to announce the 2017 50 Over 50 honorees! The 50 Over 50 Awards recognizes some of the most distinguished public servants in New York City over the age of 50 who have committed decades of their life to making the city a...

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Markle Foundation Collaborates With LinkedIn, Arizona State and edX to Address Technology’s Impact on Jobs

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04/14/2017

The U.S. needs new tools to measure and monitor technology, jobs and skills to cope with the advance of artificial intelligence and automation, according to a group of economists and computer scientists.

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Eight Top 10 Lists From New York City’s 2017 State Test Scores

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08/29/2017

... show real progress. Still, most of the city’s students are still not proficient in English or math. In the lists ...

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Ford Foundation Backs New Associate's Degree Program at New York State Prison

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03/02/2015

... inequities that result from the fact that the United States incarcerates more people than any other nation in the ... world — over two million — the great majority of whom are poor, African-American, and...

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Morgan Stanley Foundation Announces $1 Million in Grants to Local Food Banks Across the United States

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05/28/2015

... $1 Million in Grants to Local Food Banks Across the United States Morgan Stanley Foundation today announced $1 ... in grants to local food banks in 24 cities across 17 states to support hunger-relief programs...

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Supported by Doris Duke, Conservation Group Maps Land Protection Strategy in Three States

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03/13/2017

... Conservation Group Maps Land Protection Strategy in Three States A conservation group has created maps identifying key ... Conservation Group Maps Land Protection Strategy in Three States ...

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Michael R. Bloomberg To Convene Heads Of State And CEOs At Inaugural Global Business Forum

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08/22/2017

... seeks to build on their success by convening leaders who are best positioned to expand trade, drive economic growth, ...

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Morgan Stanley Foundation Announces Additional Support to Local Food Banks Across the United States

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05/17/2018

... Additional Support to Local Food Banks Across the United States Morgan Stanley Foundation today announced over ... in grants to local food banks in 29 cities across 20 states to support hunger-relief programs...

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Michigan State University Awarded Grant From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for Less Commonly Taught Languages

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07/23/2019

... initiative seeks to transform the way LCTLs are taught by leveraging cutting-edge research and advances ... with higher levels of proficiency in languages that are less commonly taught and more difficult to...

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Keesha Gaskins to Lead Democratic Practice–United States Grantmaking at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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01/15/2014

... to strengthen the vitality of democracy in the United States . Currently, Gaskins serves as Senior Counsel in the ... and a commitment to improving democracy in the United States ,” said Betsy Campbell , the...

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Commonwealth Fund's Kathy Regan Makes City and State's Above & Beyond 2017 List

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03/29/2017

... threatened by the new administration. Of course, women are not a monolithic voting bloc, and many of them are staunch supporters of the president. But the massive ...

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Gender Justice

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A Top State Education Policymaker Benefited From Integration. Now, He Wants To Bring It Back.

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09/06/2017

If Vice Chancellor Andrew Brown had been born a few years earlier, his schooling — and possibly his life — could have been very different.

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